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13 Anonymous hackers plead guilty to PayPal DDoS attack
Thirteen defendants pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose on Friday to charges related to their involvement in the cyber-attack of PayPal’s website as part of the …
Cloud security in 2014: Automation and consolidation
Eric Chiu, president and co-founder of HyTrust, predicts that in 2014: 1. Organizations will discover the importance of BYOS for public cloud. Given the recent disclosures …
ENISA issues recommendations on SCADA patching
“How long can we afford having critical infrastructures that use unpatched SCADA systems?” the EU’s cyber security Agency ENISA asks, and advises EU Member …
Week in review: Air gap-hopping malware, first PoS botnet, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: (IN)SECURE Magazine issue 40 released (IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security …
Data-slurping Android flashlight app developer settles with FTC
The creator of one of the most popular apps for Android mobile devices has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the free app, which allows a device to be …
What CIOs can expect in 2014
While the 3rd platform of mobile, social, big data, and cloud services is just beginning to mature, it will require an entirely different set of IT skills and roles — many of …
CSA details Software Defined Perimeter Framework
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the release of the Software Defined Perimeter Report, a new white paper report that explains the Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) …
The state of targeted attacks
Trusteer announced the results of a recent study on the State of Targeted Attacks, which took into consideration the feedback from over 750 IT and IT security practitioners …
New ICS cyber security cert
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), a leading provider of cyber security certifications and an affiliate of the SANS Institute, announced the release of the new …
Microsoft and law enforcement disrupt ZeroAccess botnet
The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit announced it has successfully disrupted a rampant botnet in collaboration with Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the Federal …
International payment card fraud ring dismantled
The European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol, working with police in Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Spain, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, have taken …
Cisco updates CCIE routing and switching certification
Cisco announced a major revision of the CCIE Routing and Switching (R&S) Certification and expert-level training to meet the increasing challenges of enterprise networks …
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